Product Owner
Who is Markit Digital
Markit Digital is dedicated to the delivery and presentation of financial data, transforming complex information into elegant user experiences. As a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) provider in the financial services industry, our innovative visualizations are the standard for interpreting, manipulating and displaying financial information.
What you'll do at Markit Digital
The Product Owner develops and communicates the product’s vision to be fulfilled by their agile team. The PO is the team's key stakeholder who serves as proxy for the customer - both internal and external. The Product Owner represents the voice of stakeholders by maintaining and prioritizing the backlog to ensure that development teams are working on stories that maximize business value and deliver necessary fixes and functionality to stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be one with prior experience as a product owner, who leads by example, can communicate in terms of value, and can identify aggregate feature sets that progress technical and business goals.
How you'll do it at Markit Digital
Collaborate with stakeholders (cross-functional teams, business partners, management) during the visioning and concept development of a client project and translate business and technical requirements into user stories for scrum teams to implement
Provide vision and serve as a champion of customer perspectives to the scrum team
Collaborate in ceremonies with scrum team
Assess value, prioritize and write stories, epics and themes to ensure maximum value and alignment with client and company strategy
Plan, prioritize and maintain the product backlog
Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prioritized and groomed tasks to work on
What we're looking for
Minimum 2 years' experience in Scrum and Agile
Minimum 2 years Product Owner experience working in SAAS environment
Proven problem-solving and analytic skills including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business and technical needs and translate them into themes, epics and user stories
In-depth understanding of Agile process & principles
Outstanding communication, presentation, leadership and relationship building skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Experience in the Financial, Software, and/or Digital sectors strongly preferred
Experience and/or interest in working with remote teams
Strong Attention to detail
Must be willing to work shifted schedule, weekdays 6am to 3pm
Where we're going
We rely on a combination of ingenuity and initiative to search for deeper sources of information. The solutions and products we provide give our customers a richer view of their world and the insights they need to make smarter decisions.
We cause an effect on the industries and markets driving the worldwide economy – for leaders in business, finance and governments. As we address today’s most critical business challenges, the positive impacts we are making will be felt for generations to come.
* This role is not eligible for relocation assistance or visa sponsorship at this time.
It is the policy of IHS Markit to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, IHS Markit will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. We maintain a drug-free workplace. For candidates in the US, we are a participant in E-Verify (see link below).